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How can I format a SCSI HD without an Apple ROM for a Mac?

April 26, 2017Apple format HD Mac ROM SCSI

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How can I format a SCSI HD without an Apple ROM for a Mac?

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There are a number of commercial utilities that will format most any HD for a Mac. FWB Hard Disk Toolkit, the most popular, is a $50 piece of software. There is a page that has benchmark data for many of the formatters if you care to check it out. Essentially it says that HD SC Setup is the best option unless money means nothing to you. Apple HD SC Setup, a free utility, will only format HDs supported by Apple and has fewer features than commercial formatters. Apple HD SC Setup can be edited with a resource editor to format most unsupported HDs as well. Edited versions of Apple HD SC are not supported. Each version of Apple HD SC Setup requires a different edit. Directions for performing the edit using ResEdit upon Apple HD SC Setup 7.3.5, the last version, follow.